Shampoo-shield.



D. NELSON.

SHAMPOO SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1910.

981,588, Patented Jan 10, 1911.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DOROTHY NELSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SHAMPOO-SHIELD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dono'rnr i nLsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of \Vashington,have invented new and useful Improvements in Shampoo-Shields, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shampoo shields, and has for itsobject the protection of the body and clothing of a person having thehead, hair or scalp shampooed, washed or otherwise treated.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my invention adjusted orpartially adjusted upon the head of a person ready for use; and Fig. 2is a plan view of the upper surface of my invention, showing its mannerof construction.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention is composed of a steel frame (D D), covered withrubber-coated sheeting (A), the frame consisting of a steel rodextending around the two sides and upper end of the shield, the rubbersheeting (A) being stretched over the frame and pasted or fastened to itwith rubber cement or paste. Near the top or upper end of the shield isan opening tl'irough the rubber sheeting which is covered with puredental dam rubber firmly cemented to the rubber sheeting (C), andthrough this last-mentioned rubber (C) is a circular opening of asufficient size and shape to admit the head of a person.

In order to make use of the shield in the manner proposed by me, it isheld above the head of the person to be operated upon and the hair ofsuch person drawn through the opening (B), after which the shield ispressed downward, (as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing) until all ofthe hair is brought through to the upper surface of the shield, therubber (C) being stretched, and by reason of its elasticity coming inclose contact with the forehead, face and back of the neck, thuspreventing liquid prepara tions and water used in shampooing from comingin contact With other parts of the body or the clothing of the personbeing treated.

To the top of the upper end of the shield is attached a hook or loop(F), to which a chain or cord is fastened. The other end Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed March 14, 1910.

Patented J an. 10, 1911.

Serial No. 549,257.

of this cord is fastened to the ceiling or some object directly above,and the length of the cord so adjusted as to hold the shield in itsproper position.

At the two lower corners of the shield are attached loops (E E), similarto the loop at the top (F). A cord is fastened to these loops (E E) anddrawn tight. from one to the other, said cord being somewhat shorterthan the length of the sheeting between the two lower corners, thusgiving the upper or top surface of the shield a concave shape.

The shield is made of sutlicient size so that when it is adjusted upon aperson, (as in Fig. 1) it will reach out over the face where the loop(F) is attached, to each side and down the back a sui'licient distanceto catch all water and liquids used in shampooing and otherwise treatingthe hair and head, prevent it from coming in contact with the body orclothing of the person upon whom the same is used, and by reason of theconcave surface of the shield cause it to drain to the bottom thereof,or to that portion of the shield between the points where the two loops(E E) are attached, and be caught. in any receptacle provided for thepurpose.

I claim:

1. The combination in a shampoo shield of a steel frame, a piece ofrubber sheeting, provided with an opening for the head of a person,secured to the frame, a piece of dental dam rubber having a centralcircular opening secured around the margins of the opening in the rubbersheeting, a hook or loop for attachment of a cord secured to the upperend of the shield, a hook or loop secured to each of the lower cornersof said shield, and a cord extending from one of these last mentionedloops to the other for the purpose specified.

2. A combination in a shampoo shield, consisting of a frame, av coveringof any suitablematerial, a hook attached to the upper end, a cordattached to the hook for the purpose of holding the shield in position,an opening through the covering of the shield of suflicient size andshape to admit the head of a person, a hook at each of the lowercorners, and a cord extending from one of these hooks to the other, allsubstantially as set forth.

DOROTHY NELSON. Witnesses:

WALTER A. KEENE, W. G. BEARD.

